Now, there might be some athletes whose name is not listed in either the Thursday meet, or the Friday/Saturday meet. Due to silly league rules, we cannot take those athletes to the Thursday meet, as they would lose eligibilty for the varsity League Championship in two weeks. And the Friday/Saturday meet only allows two entries per event. Those athletes, while not competing this week, are strongly encouraged to come to the Friday/Satruday meet (they will have practice Thursday), and cheer their teammates on. We have plenty of room on the bus, as we are a team first, and we win or lose as a total team.

Wow, 9 pm, I am exhausted. I hope this all makes sense, I hope Reid sleeps better tonight (he has a wicked stuffy nose) and I am off to relax. See everyone this weekend!
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

What a great day we had yesterday at the Loveland Invite. It was great to have the whole team with us, varsity and sub-varsity. It was great to be competing against teams that we usually don't see. It was great to be competing at an old-school venue, with grass in stead of astro-turf. It was great to see so many athletes compete so well all day long.

Some highlights of the day for me were the boys 4 x 8 running sub 8:10, Nolan vaulting 13-7, Curtis winning the long jump by going over 21 feet, Whitney going higher than 4-9 in the high jump, and the Jill breaking 2:32 in the 800. There were many other great performances, those were just the ones that stood out in my mind.

We are in the process of compiling all of the new season bests that were made yesterday, we will have the information by Monday. However, a quick glance of co.milesplit.com can tell us a few things.

One, there is a great article on the meet, with a cool picture of Gavin winning the 100 m dash.

Two, complete results are also available, lots of new season bests for both women and men in there!

Three, the meet records page. While this is a relatively new meet, it still is nice to see so many Chaparral kids up there.

Enjoy your two days of relative easiness, we are going to start up again working hard on Monday!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The CHS T&F team is boarding the bus at the high school at 10:00. Be prepared for a long day, we will have two busses, so fee free to bring lots of supplies!

Thompson R2-J Invitational (Loveland Invite)

2012 Time Schedule

1:00 p.m. Girls Pole Vault 3:45
p.m. Girls High Jump

1:00 p.m. Girls Long Jump 3:45
p.m. Girls Triple Jump

1:00 p.m. Girls Discus 3:45
p.m. Girls Shot Put

1:00 p.m. Boys High Jump 3:45
p.m. Boys Pole Vault

1:00 p.m. Boys Triple Jump 3:45
p.m. Boys Long Jump

1:00 p.m. Boys Shot Put 3:45
p.m. Boys Discus

Athletes will get 3 attempts…Top 9 make finals

1:00 p.m. Girls 800 Meter Medley Relay

1:10 p.m. Girls 4 x 800 Meter Relay

1:25 p.m. Boys 4 x 800 Meter Relay

1:40 p.m. Girls 100 Meter Hurdles

1:55 p.m. Boys 110 Meter High Hurdles

2:10 p.m. Girls 100 Meter Dash

2:25 p.m. Boys 100 Meter Dash

2:40 p.m. Girls 4 x 200 Meter Relay

2:55 p.m. Boys 4 x 200 Meter Relay

3:10 p.m. Girls 1600 Meter Run

3:30 p.m. Boys 1600 Meter Run

3:50 p.m. Girls 4 x 100 Meter Relay

4:00 p.m. Boys 4 x 100 Meter Relay

4:10 p.m. Girls 400 Meter Dash

4:25 p.m. Boys 400 Meter Dash

4:40 p.m. Girls 300 Meter Hurdles

5:00 p.m. Boys 300 Meter Hurdles

5:20 p.m. Girls 800 Meter Run

5:35 p.m. Boys 800 Meter Run

5:50 p.m. Girls 200 Meter Dash

6:05 p.m. Boys 200 Meter Dash

6:20 p.m. Girls 3200 Meter Run

6:40 p.m. Boys 3200 Meter Run

7:00 p.m. Girls 4 x 400 Meter Relay

7:15 p.m. Boys 4 x 400 Meter Relay

We will run ahead of schedule and stay ahead of schedule if
possible

We have decided that we will not be having a bus back to the school after the meet. If you do not have a ride home, please, please, please ask around of kids in events that end the same time yours do for a ride.

Here are the line-ups for this blended Varsity and Sub-Varsity meet. We get unlimited relays, as well as six entires in each open event.

If anyone has any questions, please email me!

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EDIT: Kaleb Roosa, out of the mile Alex Michael, in the mile, Austin Stewart in the 100, Mark Ingram in the 400, Alleah Bouley in the 200

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The CHS Track & Field Team and Cheer team did a pep rally at Cherokee Trail Elementary this morning, and I have to say, it went off wonderfully! The girls got the kids all fired up with cheers and tumbling, and the guys did a great job on getting the kids ready to run. Even Wally the Wolverine was fantastic!

Chloe and Reid

We have discovered that Chloe loves to hold Reid. If she doesn't get her few minutes a day of taking care of him, she gets really cranky. She really loves him, and always wants to give him kisses.

In other, more track related news, we are having our meet this Friday, at Loveland HS, and it is a varsity and sub-varsity meet. In other words, everyone is going! We have no school Friday, so the busses will leave CHAP at 9:30 from the athletic hallway. More details pertaining ti line-ups and schedule wil be forthcoming.

Meet starts at 3:45 at All-City Stadium at Denver South HS. The complete schedule is below. Be forewarned, this meet is slightly infamous for running a tad late. But, that makes it pretty unique in my book, running that 4 x 4 in the cool night air under the city lights, awesome!

Saturday, April 7, 2012

I was only able to attend the meet today for the first half, due to a new baby in the house, but what I saw, and read about later on, was very impressive. Here are some of the distance highlights.

JamesK in the elite two-mile, running a season best 10:09. Later on in the day, MattK and StevenR would also run season bests, in 11:02 and 11:10.

The girls 4 x 800 team ran a great race, 10:26 overall, with a third leg of 2:35 by JillianH in her first 800 m race ever pacing the great finish. (It was really fun yelling, "Great Race, HAN-ra-han, after she was done, it was like I had never stopped yelling that!)

The boys 4 x 800 race was treated to a sub 8:00 finish by Cherry Creek, but with three season bests by JohnnyB (1:59), DominicC (2:08) and BryceR (2:06), I really feel that we will be giving all the team in our league and in the state are real scare in May.

RossS took about 18 seconds off his previous best in the mile, running a 5:26. With four kids who can't drive under 5:30, the boys distance team is in great shape. Excellent race, Ross!

AlekM had a great race in the open 400, on pace to a fifty-point, Coach Bale said, before having that dreaded piano jump on his back the last 100 m. Hey, I would rather someone go out and make ar un at it, then hold back all race. That piano can be trained to not jump on your back, but unless you have the courage to go out that hard, you'll never get rid of it. Great race Alek, great courage.

Girls open 800 also saw two season bests, with MackenzieH running three seconds faster than she has in 2012, and JessieC running a 2:34 to better her previous mark by three seconds. Wonderful job ladies!

The race I wish I had seen, but am so proud of the boys in it, was the boys 800. Both RyanK and ZachY scored points for us, with RyanK coming in 8th in a 2:05 and ZachY winning the whole frickin' thing in a 2 flat. Damn, I wish I had been able to witness that race, the excitement in the air and the kick Zach must have put on was probably out-of-this-world. Wow, awesome job gentlemen!

With a lot of fast 800's today, I give a lot of the credit to Coach Able. He expertise, not only in practice, but on meet day, has been invaluable. We got six more weeks to keep getting faster, and with Coach Able on our side, I know we are going to do it.

Next two weeks will be tough, one more segment of modified block training; then we enter the championship season. Block training is tough, I know, but if you think back to the three-minute eggs at Sierra, the kids who were out there at the end, Zach, Johnny, Jill, Ross, etc, those were the kids who three weeks later had the huge new season best marks! Training does not affect you overnight. It takes a lot of hard training and a some time to grow stronger in order to get faster. Have faith, be present, and believe; that is what makes champions. Overall, I think we are in great shape, in both genders, but we just have to keep working hard every day in practice and keep improving little by little.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Below are is the ten page of heat sheets for the Legend Invite this Saturday. The meet has a funky schedule (one I think I will like) so please go to Nack for Track to look at the overall schedule.

The meet starts at 8:45 with the elite 3200 m and progress to the end of the boys 200 m Dash. Then, there will be a break until the girls sprint medley starts it up again at 11:30. Make sure to get to Sports Authority Stadium in Parker in plenty of time for a good pre-race routine liked we talked about on Monday.

As most of you know, Beth and I had a baby boy this morning, so my status for the next few days is uncertain. Everyone is home from the midwifery safe and sound, Beth and Reid are sleeping soundly, and Chloe is watching Handy Manny on the iPad. All of the other coaches will be there carrying my weight, so lean on them for any meet day guidance you usually get from me.

This is going to be a great meet for all of us, let's turn the last 2 weeks of hard work into some first place ribbons!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

I was very impressed with Landon L and Rob T getting new season bests in the mile in an extreme headwind on the finishing straight. Great job guys!

Where did TaylorF and JennaL come form in the horizontal jumps? I don't know for sure, but form the looks of their marks, they might have jumped their way onto varsity next week! Excellent job by them!

Thanks Coach Kennedy, for all the marvelous clothes for Chloe, it's like an early Christmas!

Huge thanks go to all the athletes who stuck around and helped run the meet today. As I am sure most of you know, Beth and I are very close to having a Thing2, so it is tough focusing on track & field right now. The support I was given today was awesome, I very much appreciate it.

As always, I will keep all of you in the loop as to what my schedule is as it materializes. No matter where I am though, I expect a good slingshot/hand-off practice on Friday, and a great meet on Saturday!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Here the varsity line-ups for Saturday's competition. Legend HS is hosting the meet at Sports Authority Stadium, show-time is 8:45 am! If you are not on the list, then you will be competing at our home sub-varsity meet on Thursday. Your coach will have more details on that on Wednesday.

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April 7th Varsity Field Line-Ups

April 7th Varsity Track Line-Ups

Update: Drew McReynolds is out of the open 200, Spencer Bills will take his place. Gonna be a busy day for Spence with four events!!

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Track Meet Order of Events

All events are traditionally run females first. There is rarely a hard time schedule that can be followed. A "rolling schedule" is followed, where the clock is essentially ignored and once an event is up, it is run. In other words, be early, be ready, be patient.